Victim Support Service

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:06): My question is to the Attorney-General as Minister for Industrial Relations. How many workers compensation or industrial tribunal claims are pending by managers of the Victim Support Service that include allegations of bullying by the chief executive, Julian Roffe? Has the chair of the board, Jayne Stinson, briefed you on any of these outstanding claims?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (15:06): First of all, how many of these claims there are? The answer is I don't have that information at my fingertips. I can make such inquiries as might be necessary and try to find that out. As to the second question, I have had no conversation with Ms Stinson, or indeed anybody else to the best of my recollection, about work-related injuries in that particular part of government.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: No, Jayne Stinson is the person. I did see her briefly the other day at a terrific event in Ashford, actually, where I was inveigled into wearing a high-vis jacket and a hard hat in order to dig a hole to commence the building of what I am sure is going to be a fantastic project. She was there—

The Hon. J.W. Weatherill interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: We didn't discuss this matter. However, we did discuss how terrific that project was going to be and the employment opportunities that were going to come out of that project, and the fact that for some—

The SPEAKER: The Premier has diverged from the substance of the question.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Thank you, Mr Speaker.